Winter Clothing in 1st century AD legionary re-enactment

[Jori]

Men are not equal, faced to cold.

Scots are used to it, they are born in it.
But put a spanish guy in front of the snow?

Flavians soldiers were not that much used to cold. Even if you're a strong guy, cold is a different matter.

Let's say that the feminalia were used, but not always. If I look to modern football players, when they are playing with cold weather, they have their knees unprotected. But if they are waiting to enter the game, they have pants.

So : in still position, feminalia. Marching, no feminalia.

I have a march to do here in France by the end of march ( http://www.leg8.com/2012/samara_marche.php the one from last year), I will do it with no feminalia (but with wool tunics!) and compare with what I felt last year.